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was taken of a natural knoll, of an irregular figure, about 300 yards north and 

 south by 125 yards east and west, which was surrounded by a single ditch, or 

 where the ground allowed, by a scarp only. It may be that here, as partially at 

 Malvern and in other examples, this long inclosure was sub-divided by two cross 

 cuts into three parts, of which the central formed the citadel, l^his would isrobably 

 be the work of the British. 



Then it would seem that a later people, the English, took possession, and 

 threw up a mound at one corner of the citadel, isolating it by its proper circular 

 ditch, the principal dwelling being on the mound, and the horseshoe remainder 

 below containing the base court for the dependents, while the north .and southern 

 portions would serve for protected enclosures for cattle. 



When the Normans took possession, they seem to have built a shell keep 

 upon the mound, and to have employed the base court below as an outer ward, 

 probably surrounding the whole with a stone wall, now removed, and replacing 

 the English stockade. This would constitute the Castle proper, to which the 

 north and south platforms would be appendages, no doubt stockaded for cattle." 



